@tokioosmaniemu1: global.reforms In the 1980s, during the brutal Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), Saddam Hussein publicly attacked Ruhollah Khomeini with harsh words, sometimes calling him a "deceiver" (like the word Dajjal) to insult his religious authority and weaken his image among Muslims. Their relationship was pure hostility - Saddam, a secular Arab nationalist leader of Iraq, feared Khomeini's Islamic Revolution spreading into Iraq and inspiring Iraqi Shia to rise against him. Khomeini, on the other hand, saw Saddam as a corrupt dictator backed by Western and regional powers. This deep ideological and political rivalry led to one of the bloodiest wars in modern Middle Eastern history, with over a million casualties and no clear winner - just long-lasting bitterness between the two nations #sadamhussein #iraq #iran #khamenei #geopolitics

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